The Charles Adams-Woodbury Locke House is an historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival house^[2] was built about 1840 for a Boston leather merchant and was one of the first residences of a commuter, rather than a farmer, in the Winter Hill neighborhood of the city.^[3] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

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Charles Adams - Woodbury Locke House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	178 Central Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°23′38.7″N 71°5′59″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1840
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Somerville MPS
NRHP reference No.	89001240[1]
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1989

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The Adams House is located on the west side of Central Street, a short way south of Broadway, the major roadway that passes over Winter Hill. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof and clapboard siding. The building has wide corner boards and a broad entablature, and the gable is fully pedimented. A single-story porch extends across the front, supported by Doric columns, with a balustrade above. The main entrance is in the right-most bay, flanked by sidelight windows. The interior has retained much of its original woodwork.^[4]

Built about 1840, the house is a fine local example of Greek Revival architecture. Its original parcel of land (now subdivided into residential plots), extended from Broadway to Medford Street. Charles Adams was a farmer, state legislator, and one of the first tenants of Boston's Quincy Market. Adams gave land for a schoolhouse on Broadway (now the site of the Winter Hill Congregational Church). Woodbury Locke, a later resident, was involved in the leather business in Boston.^[4]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts